It is fun as a quirky hobby, but really, depending on it for information and entertainment was really bad. Radio and TV are what created mass culture, removed local dialects and accents.
It is a one-to-many channel where people in charge of the station have disproportionate power.
It is nice to have as a simple alternate way of communicating, but boy, how am I never giving up internet access to get back to those.
As with most things, when big corporations take over it becomes bad. Definitely agree with you that using it as your only way of getting info is bad, but it’s not much different from relying on one influencer or podcaster for all your info other than it being more likely to be more well researched. I will say at least with my local one it’s a pretty diverse method of entertainment. They’ve got all kinds of weird and quirky shows on.
Oh boy, I sure do love advertisements
Really depends on the station. Some of them (especially the bigger ones) will have ads quite frequently, but others will have a few every now and then and there are some that don’t have any at all.
I love it when events have their own radio station - burning man and Neotropolis do this
I’ve got a nice little local radio station I like because they play a wide variety of stuff. Not just the same ol top 10 on repeat. Plus very few ads (unless it’s Membership Drive season)
What’s the radio?
I’d like to know also, what a beautiful little object
+3
Someone replied with it elsewhere in the thread :)
Over all a nice little radio. Only thing I’m not a fan of is that it’s only got a micro USB port for its power source. I don’t like micro USB cuz it tends to break. Other than that, it’s got decent sound quality and you can connect to it via Bluetooth and play music from it. It’s tiny and compact.
I’ve seen some videos where folks have replaced micro or mini USB with type c, but it seems a little involved unless you’re already comfortable with electronics. Still a cute little radio though!
Crosley radio model CR3036D – CL
@cris, @shittydwarfYep, that is the model.
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The cool thing is that most radio stations these days also stream on their websites, so if you haven’t got any good local stations you can stream other small community ones. Radio garden is a cool website where you can stream stations online from around the world.
Thankfully, most radio stations stream online as well, so even if your local options suck you can still find some great stuff online.
This is CHSR, from Fredericton, NB.
Things I’ve encountered when listening to this station:
- Modern jazz
- A regular segment dedicated to new music from female artists
- Progressive news and politics from Rabble
- Thrash metal
- The latest chart hits
- a selection of country and western that somehow didn’t suck???
- Progressive news and politics from Democracy Now
- Big band jazz
- Discussions of intersectional feminism
- Giblert and Sullivan
- 1920s classics
- Two guys talking about comic books and wrestling
- Bluegrass hour
- Just a whole episode of the Canadaland podcast
- Irish rebel songs
- A discussion of Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy and its effects on modern day Isreal
- New East Coast bands
- A podcast hosted by the Green Party
- Prog Rock
- Frank Sinatra
- Celtic traditionals
- Writing advice
- French hip-hop
- A history of electronic music which I tuned into just in time to catch the host going off about what a tit Grimes is
- Classical music
- and one entire day of nature sounds
Basically, it’s the greatest radio station ever.
WBOR from Brunswick, Maine Forever!
(Internet Roadtrip homies will know!)
Lovely little college station.
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soma fm has a few great stations!
Wncw has a live stream! Check out the Cosmic American Music Show on Fridays at 6 EST.
Also WWOZ out of NOLA can be great.
All my homies listen to NPR
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Anything good over the air?
There are still a few shortwave broadcasters. You could build your own shortwave receiver from a kit: https://swling.com/db/radio-kits/
There’s a list of stations here: https://www.savenetradio.org/shortwave-radio-station-frequencies/
You can also get into a amateur radio fairly easily. In the US, lots of radio clubs put on license classes, especially for the entry level technician class license. Most other countries have an amateur radio scheme.
Thank for sharing! This is super neat!
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Lights out
Pirate radio, turn that shit upTo be pedantic, I believe it is a guerilla radio that is referenced in the original song…
Pedantic radio, turn that shit up
…but yes I was aware.
Pedantic radio, turn that shit up
I have to be particular
I have to be specific
What better place than here?
What better time than now?
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Lemmy Wholesome: Actually wholesome.
Pretty cool little setup
Thanks. Got mine pretty recently and I’ve been enjoying it a lot. It’s nice when you want background noise but don’t wanna curate a playlist on a streaming platform. I have ADHD so I need some kind of background noise to be able to focus on most things. All I have to do is turn it on, sweet deal.
That’s really cool, I used to listen to radio a bunch back in the day, maybe I’ll start again.
What model is it?
Crosley CR3036D
we lost our local radio station last year as the owner aged out. I’m worried about who will acquire that slice of the spectrum.
there is a college station still in a neighboring town at least.
I love radio.
Dad once did radio DJ for a few years professionally, had to have a broadcast license and everything
I’ve thought about getting on the airwaves myself for the fun of it but have no fuckin clue where to start lol
Hamstudy.org is good to cram the license questions, and you can get a basic 2m/70cm band handheld transciever for less than $100 (well, you could pre Random Tarrif Gameshow Time)
My community run station in Valdese, NC is run my fascist and MAGA supporter. I have not worked in radio in like 35 years and thought I would hype a midnight 80s goth show but when I found out they are MAGA i just gave up the idea.
In Germany we quite a few really cool alternative radio stations. They all have their local frequencies, shows and so on, but also share a German-wide morning show. It’s mostly recoded by the bigger projects, like in Berlin, but otherwise it would just take too much resources from small volunteer run stations.
Do you have any info on how to listen to these stations? Like frequencies or a website where schedules are posted?
Assuming you speak German: https://www.freie-radios.de/
Or here a audio platform where a lot of their content is posted afterwards, where you can discover stations and shows: https://www.freie-radios.net/ (albeit those are confusingly similar URLs)
Thank you :)
